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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2013 14:36:15 GMT 1
The current categorization of the contests is surreal. There are 7 on the main page and 19 in the other contests' section. They're too many to follow, and there are still coming even more contests.
What could be done is categorizing the contests (exclusive the current main page ''Grand Contests'') in a state of size, status, area, alphabet, or another state, as it cleans up and makes it more clear for not only members but guests, and also attracts more to the eye than a messy forum, and allows the forums to grow as well, which we would all like to see.
Of course the state and form of all the current sub-boards, will be maintained when the contests are moved.
I'm as well prepared to do a test myself, if the admins would like to see what I have in mind,, and everything can be put back again, if disliked, in some minutes. That way we can see better what the users like!
Another thing is we need to advertise these forums in maybe our contest video's, to make the forums more lively and amusing for participants in online music contests all over the world. Use YouTube, Twitter & Facebook as examples.
If you don't agree, tell me why.
We should give it a chance, I'd say. We all want the forums to be big, social and full of fun and entertainment.
I've made a short test forum here: songcontestforums.proboards.com/ See for yourself how fast it can be.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2013 14:43:55 GMT 1
Maybe we one of the admins can make this an announcement, as it's something that's important to many usersm and it's an interesting possible change. ^^
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2013 14:48:58 GMT 1
Point acknowledged! In the Other Contest-board, there has been done this categorization to follow the contests into how much posts they have, thus an overview that the forumers can go and enter those sub-boards by this way. It's the same mechanic the homepage has been categorized with its own boards with the bigger contests. On a flipside of your idea is, that when creating a thread in the board but outside the sub-boards and just underneath the boards, it will even create a bigger confusion if you are gonna ask me for that, if the Other Contest-board should be separated by a categorization
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2013 14:52:59 GMT 1
However, a change I would like to see for a possible upgrade for the forum itself would be, that the sub-boards could maybe have a scroll box or pages, so there was no way you are dealing with creating more boards than a single one such as making another part of Other Contests!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2013 14:53:31 GMT 1
I think GbSC should be taken off the home-page and another contest should replace it, because I don't know when I'll be able to make videos again.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2013 14:55:38 GMT 1
As long as the sub-board hits the 1000 posts, I think it's worth having them featured in the homepage-section!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2013 15:11:14 GMT 1
Then we have a different opinion and knowledge there, because it's unlogical to do that. It's not necessary to make thread in a board with sub-boards, and just unlogical. I've been admin or 4 forums since years, and I've never seen that happen. ^^
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2013 15:13:34 GMT 1
Shall I make a test run when it's sorted by size (Not as post numbers, but maybe with edition numbers and participants?) Then I'll post some images with how it looks.
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Post by Tom on Jul 28, 2013 15:16:19 GMT 1
Please no, I love the forum in the way how it's now. I needed some weeks to habituate at the new design of the forum and I don't see the need for a new institution of the categories.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2013 15:20:14 GMT 1
Where do you think it's supposed to see more order in this, by creating 2 boards as parts for Other Contest, and then we have this: It's even more confusing, if people are going to find their threads, if there will ever be 2 parts of Other Contest...
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